Potential Investors often look for key drivers that can move a stock in a positive direction. One of those is sales growth. Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV) of the Real Estate Investment Trusts sector, witnessed sales growth of -0.06137 year over year. The firm has a traded value of 346 and has its headquarters in Singapore.

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Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV) closed the recent session at 0.715000 with a market value of $985274.

As the next earnings season comes into focus, investors will be keeping watch on the performance of companies that they own. A company that continually exceeds earnings projections is most likely on the right track. On the other end of the spectrum, a company that frequently misses earnings projections might provide some insight to the fact that something isn’t right. Although it is important to keep track of earnings estimates and results, it shouldn’t be the only thing that the investor is looking at regarding the stock. Just because a company misses or beats expectations for one quarter may not mean anything super special. Tracking performance over a longer period of time can help paint the bigger picture of what is going on with the company. Sharp investors often have the ability to look deeper into the numbers to see the actual causes of an earnings hit or miss. Of course estimates are just that, estimates, and some analysts may be more accurate than others.

Turning to some key growth data as decimals. One year cash flow growth ratio is calculated on a trailing 12 months basis and is a one year percentage growth of a firm’s cash flow from operations. This number stands at -0.00826 for Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV). The one year Growth EBIT ratio stands at -0.08662 and is a calculation of one year growth in earnings before interest and taxes. The one year EBITDA growth number holds at -0.08152 which is calculated similarly to EBIT Growth with just the addition of amortization.

Taking even a further look we note that the 1 year Free Cash Flow (FCF) Growth is at -0.00484. The one year growth in Net Profit after Tax is -0.62726 and lastly sales growth was -0.06137.

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Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV) has a current suggested portfolio ownership target rate of 0.07000 (as a decimal) ownership. Target weight is the volatility adjusted recommended position size for a stock in your portfolio. The maximum target weight is 7% for any given stock. The indicator is based off of the 100 day volatility reading and calculates a target weight accordingly. The more recent volatility of a stock, the lower the target weight will be. The 3-month volatility stands at 9.716100 (decimal), the 6-month at 12.103600 and the 12-month at 10.444600. This is the normal returns and standard deviation of the stock price over three months annualized.

Taking look at some key returns and margins data we can note the following: Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV) has Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) of 0.038332, with a 5-year average of and an ROIC quality score of . Why is ROIC important? It’s one of the most fundamental metrics in determining the value of a given stock. It helps potential investors determine if the firm is using it’s invested capital to return profits.

Changing lanes and looking at some Debt ratios, Frasers Hospitality Trust (SGX:ACV) has a debt to equity ratio of 0.57418 and a Free Cash Flow to Debt ratio of 0.126827. This ratio provides insight as to how high the firm’s total debt is compared to its free cash flow generated. In terms of Net Debt to EBIT, that ratio stands at 8.64798. This ratio reveals how easily a company is able to pay interest and capital on its net outstanding debt. The lower the ratio the better as that indicates that the company is able to meet its interest and capital payments. Lastly we’ll take note of the Net Debt to Market Value ratio. Frasers Hospitality Trust’s ND to MV current stands at 0.582310. This ratio is calculated as follows: Net debt (Total debt minus Cash ) / Market value of the company.

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